Posts for June 2014

This week’s Building Love work is happening mostly in places that you will not see or notice until our project is completed. Currently, our teams are focused heavily on our baptistry area. Light fixtures for the space have been ordered … Continue reading →

The Deacons’ conclusion that Highland should begin allowing marriage for our same-sex couples and that, for moral and spiritual reasons, the matter should not be brought to the congregation for a vote, has stirred many heart-felt conversations in recent weeks. … Continue reading →

Louisville Pride continues to be an important part of the True Colors Ministry of Highland Baptist Church, and here’s why: People are broken. Can you imagine what it would be like to grow up in a home where your entire … Continue reading →

All it took was the short Vespers service on the first night of camp for all to become unhinged. Breaths came and went faster than he could catch them. Grief had knocked the wind out of him. Anxiety had taken … Continue reading →

This fact sheet serves to clarify media reports regarding the recent recognition by the Deacons of Highland Baptist Church to approve and bless the request of a same-sex couple who are members of the church to be married at Highland. Deacons … Continue reading →

Highland welcomes all who are interested to a conversation about religious liberty called “Liberty and Justice for All?: Views of Religious Liberty in our National Landscape,” on Sunday night, July 6, at 6:00 p.m. Join us in this Fourth of … Continue reading →

On a beautiful summer afternoon in Louisville – Saturday, June 7 – Highland celebrated a historic moment in the life of our church, as we cut the ribbon to reveal the efforts of our year-long Building Love renovation project. As families … Continue reading →

The Absence of Presence It is now our turn to confess that we no longer know what presence means. – Ralph Harper, On Presence: Variations and Reflections Margaret had just been told she had metastatic cancer. At the oncologist request and … Continue reading →

As we move into the final weeks of our Building Love project, there have been several visible changes that you may have already seen and enjoyed. Last week brought the completion of the Commons with new carpet and new paint … Continue reading →

Renee Purtlebaugh shared these words as we cut the ribbon to reveal the renovation on Saturday, June 7. Today is an enormously important day for our community of faith. This morning as I sat eating breakfast, the view from my … Continue reading →